Lytle v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently December 2022 · most notably In re the Termination of Parental Rights over D.H. (1984), Veeder v. Kennedy (1999)
55 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Shaffer v. Honeywell, Inc. · Dwyer v. Christensen · Alberts v. Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Co. · Degen v. Bayman · Ehlers v. Chrysler Motor Corporation
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`An appellant has the burden to show not only that the instruction given was in error, but also that it was prejudicial error to the effect that under the evidence, the jury might and probably would have returned a different verdict.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Veeder v. Kennedy · Wang v. Wang“If the contribution be made under a contract with the owner and for an agreed price, the lien as against him shall be for the sum so agreed upon together with the cost of any additional material or work agreed upon, otherwise, and in all cases as against others than the owner, it shall be for the reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished. (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reasonable value of the work done, and of the skill, material, and machinery furnished.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.